Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the palace gate.

Li Nian reined in Li Yan's horse and gave careful instructions:

"Little brother, you have already offended His Majesty this morning. Please don't do it again later!"

Li Yan was so shocked by the shocking news that he couldn't control himself. He nodded perfunctorily after hearing the words.

Li Nian just looked at Li Yan and wouldn't let go until Li Yan promised him solemnly.

Li Yan had no choice but to say: "Okay, I promise not to talk nonsense."

Li Nian raised the corners of his mouth and smiled sincerely, then let go of his hand: "Little brother, go ahead. I'll wait for you at the gate of the palace."

The emperor only summoned Li Yan but did not let him go in with him.

Li Yan took a deep breath, handed the war horse to Li Nian, and stepped into the palace gate.

……

Emperor Palace.

Li Zicheng's face turned pale:

"Damn it, Laiheng was captured alive by Emperor Ming? Emperor Ming still wants to burn the grain?"

He just felt that everything had gone wrong since he entered Beijing!

The whole world is against him, and even the old brothers are a little alienated.

Li Zicheng was a hero. He was on the verge of life and death crises several times, but he never defeated him. However, the alienation of his old brother made him feel uncomfortable.

For his subordinates, Li Zicheng really had nothing to say.

Even though he was sitting on the dragon throne in the Jinluan Palace, he was still laughing and joking with the old brothers and calling them brothers.

The court officials who surrendered to Li Zicheng all wrote down in the documents left behind Li Zicheng's concept of superiority and inferiority that he was not like a human king.

In the eyes of Liu Zongmin and other generals, Li Zicheng was still the King Chuang who charged into the Ming army with a knife with them, not a superior emperor.

However, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and other knowledgeable ministers strictly abide by the boundaries between monarch and minister.

This actually made Li Zicheng feel a little chilled...

He couldn't understand why the good brothers in the past were completely different!

Dashun’s foundation is too shallow.

Even Li Zicheng couldn't figure out the true meaning of "The king has no family ties, and the ninety-five are only widows"...

……

Liu Zongmin's face didn't look good either. He thought about it and said:

"Your Majesty, would you like me to take the people there in person?"

Li Zicheng shook his head.

He rubbed his sore temples fiercely:

"The army is short of pay, so your affairs are more important."

Liu Zongmin agreed and no longer suggested that he should personally lead the army to pursue Emperor Ming.

As the second person in Dashun, General Quan Liu Zongmin, who controlled the civil and military officials, naturally knew how serious the problems in the army were!

With 20 old soldiers, suppressing nearly a million surrendered soldiers, it is like a watermelon bundled with straw, and the fragile ones will break at the first mention!

Once the military pay cannot be paid, it will be a powder keg!

Whenever someone climbs up and shouts, they are afraid that their hands and feet will be in chaos in an instant.

In the Huangji Hall, there was once again a deathly silence, except for the slight sound of Li Zicheng rubbing his temples from time to time.

"Your Majesty, General Li is here!" Wang Dehua walked into the Huangji Hall and said to Li Zicheng.

Although Wang Dehua already knew the news of Chongzhen's escape, it was already too late.

Li Zicheng was kind to him and attacked hundreds of officials. Wang Dehua, who had his revenge, took refuge with Li Zicheng and was appointed as the general manager of the palace.

He followed Li Zicheng with peace of mind and even provided information about hundreds of officials so that Liu Zongmin could extract more money!

"Oh, Li Yan is here, let him in quickly."

Li Zicheng said happily.

As a good strategist who single-handedly pulled himself out of the quagmire, Li Zicheng still had a good impression of Li Yan.

After a while, Li Yan walked in under the leadership of Wang Dehua.

Li Yan walked towards the middle of the hall and bent down to pay homage: "General Li Yan, please see your majesty!"

Li Zicheng laughed and stretched out his hand to greet Li Yan:

"We old brothers, why are you so open to outsiders? Get up quickly."

After finishing speaking, he said to Wang Dehua:

"General Manager Wang, give General Li a seat."

Wang Dehua led Li Yan to sit down behind Liu Zongmin, and then Li Zicheng told Li Yan Wu Biaolin's three memorials.

After speaking, he frowned and said:

"Li Yan, you are a quick-thinking person. To be honest with you, you also know the situation in Beijing now. Old Liu can't escape, and the food in Dezhou is very important to us. What do you think we should do? "

Li Yan frowned. He had been thinking about this issue since Li Nian told him.

He already had a case against him. After hearing this, he immediately said slowly:

"Your Majesty, Emperor Ming is not important. There is actually only one problem before us now, and that is how to deploy the army."

Liu Zongmin nodded: "This is true, as long as the army is stable, Emperor Ming will not be a big deal.

However, we have already solved the problem of payment. The emperor asked me to pay, but in just five days, I have already produced more than 2000 million taels of silver, hundreds of thousands of gold, precious jade, calligraphy and paintings, etc., which have already piled up in mountains. "

Li Zicheng smiled: "So, we are short of food now. Li Yan, in your opinion, Texas has food, how can we keep it?"

Li Yan took a deep breath:

"Your Majesty, the reason why Emperor Ming attacked Dezhou and acted like burning grain was because he couldn't escape!"

"escape?"

Everyone was stunned.

Li Yan nodded: "This is why I explain that the emperor is not important, and our problem is to arrange the army!"

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance looked at each other, couldn't help but slap their thighs, and exclaimed in unison:

"Yes, we were still thinking about Emperor Ming's intention before, but we unexpectedly fell into a misunderstanding."

Song Xiance stood up and gave Li Yan a gift:

"I don't have as many suggestions as the generals. I told Your Majesty earlier - Emperor Ming is afraid that he will cut off our food supply and then counterattack Kyoto!

The general's words suddenly opened his eyes to suggestions! "

Li Yan hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, not even daring to take it seriously.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

Niu Jinxing saw the two of them saluting each other, with a hidden look in their eyes...

"Okay, okay, you two don't drop your book bags."

Li Zicheng laughed and cursed and asked:

"Since Emperor Ming intends to escape, will there be no worries about storing grain in Dezhou?"

"No!"

Song Xiance and Li Yan said two words at the same time. They looked at each other with smiles on their lips, and they humbly allowed the other to speak first.

When Niu Jinxing saw this, there was a hint of fear in his eyes, and there was even a flash of jealousy in his eyes.

Li Yan and Li Yan were humble to each other. In the end, Song Xiance couldn't give in to Li Yan, so he had to say:

"Your Majesty, although Emperor Ming's purpose is to escape, this is a conspiracy."

"Oh?" Liu Zongmin was curious:

"How do you plan a plan?"

Li Zicheng also leaned forward and looked at the two of them with piercing eyes.

Seeing that Li Yan was calm and not competing with him for credit, Song Xiance felt even more grateful to Li Yan.